A new Missouri will help to pay for more so-called “baby boxes” to be installed at fire stations. HB 121 will create a $250,000 fund that will be used to match private donations to buy and install more baby incubators. It was sponsored by State Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St....
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s bill signing pen may run out of ink by next Monday. He’s scheduled to sign nearly 40 bills into law by the 14th, the final day he’s required to take action on bills passed earlier this year. On Wednesday at the State Capitol, he’s scheduled...
A Missouri lawmaker has a plan to install more drop-off boxes for surrendered babies. Alisa Nelson talks to State Representative Jim Murphy, who says his bill is “a win-win.”
The Mehlville Fire Protection District in eastern Missouri recently saved a baby who was placed in Missouri’s only safe haven baby box. The box is at one of the district’s fire stations. Alisa Nelson talks to Fire Chief Brian Hendricks about that very day that the...
